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Nov 7, 2010

Guinea presidential candidates sign peace agreement

Conakry, Guinea (CNN) -- Both candidates in Guinea's presidential runoff election signed an agreement Friday aimed at keeping the peace ahead of Sunday's vote.

Nuns get $220,000 from sale of rare baseball card

Only 50 to 60 T206 Honus Wagner cards are believed to exist.
Only 50 to 60 T206 Honus Wagner cards are believed to exist.
(CNN) -- Years after his death, baseball legend Honus Wagner hit a home run for a group of nuns, who will use proceeds from the sale of his extremely rare baseball card to do charitable work.

Obama starts second day in India on lighter note

President Obama boogies in India
Mumbai, India (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama started his second day in India on a lighter note: pulling a few dance moves and celebrating a major religious festival with local students.

Yahoo News, Nov 07, 2010


Nov 6, 2010

BBC News - Labour MP Paul Farrelly admits incident in Parliament

Labour MP Paul Farrelly has admitted he "wrestled" a man to the floor inside the Houses of Parliament.

The MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme described the altercation as "a John Prescott moment" and said it was an act of self-defence.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says he is under house arrest

One of China's best-known artists, Ai Weiwei, says he has been under house arrest at his home in Beijing.

He says the authorities want to prevent him holding a party to mark the forced demolition of his new Shanghai studio.

US President Barack Obama announces $10bn India deals

Barack Obama: "The Taj is a symbol of strength and resilience of the Indian people"
US President Barack Obama has announced $10bn (£6.2bn) in new trade deals with India.
He was speaking in Mumbai at the start of a 10-day Asian tour designed to boost US exports and create jobs.
Obama also announced an easing of US export controls and rejected caricatures of India as a nation of "call centres.

Al-Qaeda group claims cargo bombs

Dubai police image said to show explosives concealed in computer printer found on plane (30/10/10)
The explosives were concealed in printer ink cartridges
Militant group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has said it sent two parcel bombs on cargo planes bound for the US last week, in messages on Islamist websites.
The group also said it was responsible for bringing down an American cargo plane in Dubai in September.

Mexico Gulf drug cartel leader Ezequiel Cardenas killed

Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen in US DEA photo
Cardenas died after a shoot-out lasting several hours
A leader of Mexico's powerful Gulf drug cartel has been shot dead by security forces in a town near the US border, the Mexican military says.
Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, known as "Tony Tormenta", was killed in the city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville in Texas.
He is the brother of former Gulf cartel leader Osiel Cardenas, who was extradited to the US in 2007.
Residents in Matamoros spoke of a shoot-out lasting for several hours.

Pope Benedict XVI sees 'aggressive secularism' in Spain

The Pope was greeted by thousands of people as he arrived in Santiago de Compostela

Pope Benedict XVI has warned of an "aggressive anti-clericalism" in Spain which he said was akin to that experienced during the 1930s.